The International Space Station

Part 1 provides an overview of NASA's current research plans for the International Space Station (ISS). The role of gravity in science and technology is explored and some results to date are recounted. The ISS research agenda is discussed in groupings according to the benefits it portends: Improving Industrial Processes, Increasing Fundamental Knowledge, Looking After Our Health, Enabling Exploration, and Researching Tomorrow's Products Today. Part II provides some specific research questions that may be answered through ISS research, while Part III, Serving Our Customers, discusses how ISS opportunities serve the research, international, commercial, and educational communities. Finally, Part IV gives a timeline for the evolution of research capability during ISS assembly, providing a visual Roadmap for Research Capability Evolution and an overview of performance factors for ISS work.